An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to define the servers which run a specific service for a domain. Quite simply, you will be able to use your domain not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. If you set up the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it is going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you could use the same domain many different purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
You'll be able to set up a new SRV record for any one of the domain names you host in a shared website hosting account on our revolutionary cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you can manage them without any difficulty through the respective section of your Hepsia CP and only minutes later any new record you create is going to be active. Hepsia includes a rather intuitive interface and all it requires to set up an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol plus the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, which you can leave except when the other provider needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number reveals the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
By using a semi-dedicated server solution from our company, you are going to be able to employ the easy to work with DNS administration tool, which is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It is going to give you a rather simple user interface to set up a new record for every single domain name hosted within the account, so if you need to use a domain for any purpose, you could create a brand new SRV record with just a couple of clicks. Via simple text boxes, you'll need to type in the service, protocol and port number info, which you should have from the company providing you the service. In addition, you're going to be able to select what priority and weight the record will have if you're planning to use a couple or more machines for the exact same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you can set any other value between 1 and 100 if necessary. Furthermore, you will have the option to change the TTL value from the default 3600 seconds to any other value - thus setting the time this record will be live in the global DNS system after you remove it or modify it.